Word: naval
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...entitled to wear the square-knot insignia indicating enlistment as an Apprentice Boy (rate abolished in 1904), I have viewed with alarm the many changes which are being inaugurated in naval customs...
Last week, ex-Naval Hero Danielsen was in Oslo's "No. 19" prison, awaiting trial. His father, an able, widely respected officer, was deeply distressed by his son's rowdy behavior and pro-Communist activities, has not spoken to him since war's end. Recently he saw him for the first time in five years, when he visited Per in prison, urged him to make a full confession. Per refused. These days, Danielsen sticks close to his desk at naval headquarters, planning Norway's defense against possible attacks from the East. He never mentions...
...Criticized Naval air support...
...Insistence on a naval blockade of the China Coast...
...clock's time signals will be distributed over the U.S. by the wires of the Bell System. They will govern radio and television stations, coaxial cables, even the operations of power networks. Bell's time clock will be checked periodically against the time of the U.S. Naval Observatory and the National Bureau of Standards. But no one expects that the three will ever get far out of step. Estimated variation in the Bell timer: one second in 30 years...